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Lorenzo and the Turncoat

by Lila Guzman, Rick Guzman
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Synopsis

In Lorenzo Bannister's latest adventure, he is living in New Orleans and working as a medical doctor. Between his promising medical practice and his love for his fiancée Eugenie, Lorenzo is finally happy and at peace after working for the Continental Army. But his happiness is short lived.

A hurricane sweeps through New Orleans two days before Lorenzo and Eugenie's wedding, leaving the town severely damaged and Eugenie missing. Frantic with fear and worry, Lorenzo searches the flooded, demolished city for his fiancée. It is Lorenzo's friend and mentor, Colonel De Gálvez, who must tell Lorenzo the shocking news: Eugenie has been seen in Baton Rouge in the company of a British man.

Lorenzo is determined to find answers to the puzzling questions about Eugenie's departure from New Orleans. Facing the possibility that she may be a traitor to the Spanish cause, Lorenzo joins the Spanish Army and makes his way to Baton Rouge along with the troops Colonel De Gálvez has assembled to attack the British. Once again, Lorenzo finds himself on a dangerous mission, this time in desperate pursuit of his fiancée while waging war on the Redcoats.

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Robert Hawthorne is a British colonel in New York City in 1778. He's headed to Louisiana to seek vengeance on someone who killed his cousin. This historical fiction story explains numerous details about the Revolutionary War that are not normally found in history books. Lorenzo is a doctor engaged to a former spy in New Orleans, and he also has connections to the governor general of the Louisiana Province. Lorenzo's fiancee is kidnapped by Hawthorne in the middle of a disastrous hurricane. Lorenzo tries to clean up New Orleans and find his fiancee at the same time. In solving this crime, justice, honor, and reputation are tested. Numerous ethnic groups are represented and the reader gets closely involved in both sides of this dispute.

About the Author, Lila Guzman

Lila Guzmán is the author of Lorenzo's Secret Mission (Piñata Books, 2001), Lorenzo's Revolutionary Quest (Piñata Books, 2003), and Kichi in Jungle Jeopardy (Blooming Tree Press, 2006), a middle-grade fantasy novel. She is the recipient of several awards for her writing, including Honorable Mention in Fiction, the Dorothy Daniels Honorary Writing Award from the National League of American Pen Women.

Rick Guzmán was born in Galveston, Texas, and practices law in Austin. He is a former Army officer and graduate from Rice University and the University of Houston Law Center. Rick and Lila live just outside of Austin, Texas with their children.

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Book Details

Published
May 1, 2006
Publisher
Arte Publico Press
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781558854710

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